Fiction
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington does something in an airplane. Author phot looks to be taken in a restaurant. Photo is by Harry Benson who HOLY-MOLY! took these Beatles photos!
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. A thriller. Brown's photo completely covers the back cover. That means she is a Big Deal. Probably because lots of people enjoy her books. Author photo by Andrew Eccles. Go to Eccles's obscurities section for shots of chimpanzees and nudes. And nude chimpanzees.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. "Book Two of the Century Trilogy." Follett got a haircut. Remember those 1980s author photos with the bouffant? A relative of his, Barbara Follett, took his author photo.
Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin. M.C. Beaton is also a Big Deal, not that you could tell by the tiny black-and-white shot inside the flyleaf. Heck, the photo does not even receive an author credit.
Large Print
Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman. Parker has returned from the grave, inhabited Brandmand, and written a Jesse Stone novel.
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs. No they are not.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Sounds like the title to a John Irving novel.
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Zeltersman Wanted Stardust
Fiction
Monster: a novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltersman. I've read many nice comments about this. Bill Crider says it is a "whiz bang" version of the tale.
Stardust by Carla Stewart. Gal in East Texas buries her cheating husband and buys a rundown motel. Cover is very bright and cheerful which, to me, is incongruous with the neon sign in the background and the title.
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. Let me guess...Reach is traveling, Reacher meets people, Reacher gets into trouble, Reacher punches people, Reacher finds a Steyr GB, Reacher has sex, Reacher catches the bad guys and hits the bricks, you and I eat up every word.
NonFiction
The Long Walk: A story of war and the life that follows by Brian Castner. Memoir of explosive ordinance disposal guy in Iraq. That cover sure looks familiar.
Monster: a novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltersman. I've read many nice comments about this. Bill Crider says it is a "whiz bang" version of the tale.
Stardust by Carla Stewart. Gal in East Texas buries her cheating husband and buys a rundown motel. Cover is very bright and cheerful which, to me, is incongruous with the neon sign in the background and the title.
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. Let me guess...Reach is traveling, Reacher meets people, Reacher gets into trouble, Reacher punches people, Reacher finds a Steyr GB, Reacher has sex, Reacher catches the bad guys and hits the bricks, you and I eat up every word.
NonFiction
The Long Walk: A story of war and the life that follows by Brian Castner. Memoir of explosive ordinance disposal guy in Iraq. That cover sure looks familiar.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Seven
One
Argo: how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio. Ben Affleck directed the movie so you can probably read the book faster than watch the flick.
Two
Dog Stars by Peter Heller. The flyleaf says, "riveting, powerful, against all odds, grace, dead, abandoned, misanthrope, sneaks, transmissions, deep, beyond, risking, fuel, narrated, savagely, talking."
Three
Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. Soldiers are buddies since basic training and fight insurgents and reality in Iraq. EDIT: someone Googled there way here. I did the same search and found this author interview of C-SPAN: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AuthorK
Four
Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis. The cover illustration says "Amish girl is lonely."
Five
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon. The flyleaf says, "The great American novel we have been waiting for." I say, "What nitwit wrote the flyleaf?"
Six
Delusion in Death by JD Robb. These in death. Titles in death. Write in death. Themselves in death.
Seven
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry. William Monk is in charge of the River Police. I hope this is better than that awful Pittsburgh river cop movie with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Argo: how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio. Ben Affleck directed the movie so you can probably read the book faster than watch the flick.
Two
Dog Stars by Peter Heller. The flyleaf says, "riveting, powerful, against all odds, grace, dead, abandoned, misanthrope, sneaks, transmissions, deep, beyond, risking, fuel, narrated, savagely, talking."
Three
Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. Soldiers are buddies since basic training and fight insurgents and reality in Iraq. EDIT: someone Googled there way here. I did the same search and found this author interview of C-SPAN: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AuthorK
Four
Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis. The cover illustration says "Amish girl is lonely."
Five
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon. The flyleaf says, "The great American novel we have been waiting for." I say, "What nitwit wrote the flyleaf?"
Six
Delusion in Death by JD Robb. These in death. Titles in death. Write in death. Themselves in death.
Seven
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry. William Monk is in charge of the River Police. I hope this is better than that awful Pittsburgh river cop movie with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Monday, September 10, 2012
712 Pages of Knitting
NonFiction
The Principles of Knitting: methods and techniques of hand knitting by June Hemmons Hiatt. The 2012 reprint of the famed knitting tome, "one of the great knitting references".
The Principles of Knitting: methods and techniques of hand knitting by June Hemmons Hiatt. The 2012 reprint of the famed knitting tome, "one of the great knitting references".
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Monk at Death's Door
Fiction
Mr. Monk is a Mess by Lee Goldberg. I was slow on buying this one. I thought we already owned a copy. What's the deal with Goldberg on this series? I cannot recall if he has one or two books left to write. I also won't bother to find out.
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub. Some sort of novel. Girl from Door County becomes Hollywood star in the '20s. What's the deal with Straub? Were her parents ever living in Milwaukee when she grew up? She went to UW for an MFA. Her short story collection Other People We Married is worth your time.
Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Another inspirational story. What's the deal with Albom? Are his sports columns as sappy as his books?
Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George. Girl can hear thoughts and flees from her criminal stepdad to an island in Washington state. What's the deal with George? I keep getting her confused with another author named George from Wisconsin.
Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. Orphan ends up in Texas Panhandle and makes friends with football stars. They meet again 40 years later. What's the deal with Meacham? Her bio says San Antonion but there is not mention of her favorite Tex-Mex place.
Black List by Brad Thor. U.S. spy ends up on U.S. death list. What's the deal with Thor? Does he carry around a hammer or not?
The Tombs by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry. What the deal with Cussler? Do his co-authors get to drive any vehicles from Cussler's car collection?
Silver: return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion. This got great reviews. Son of Jim Hawkins and daughter of Long John Silver return to Treasure Island for remaining treasure. What's the deal with Motion? He was the UK's poet laureate, does that mean he drinks a lot?
Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay. Housebound schizophrenic thinks he sees a murder in Google Street View. What's the deal with Barclay? Was he really at Bouchercon, or did I drink too much free Dewar's?
Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. What's with Ledwidge? He doesn't even get his picture on the dust jacket.
Death's Door by James R. Benn. Another entry in the great WWII mystery series by Benn. What's the deal with Benn? Did he work at a public or academic library? I do not recall.
Doctor Who: Shada: the lost adventure by Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts. What's the deal with Adams? There is no deal, he's been dead since 2001.
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin. Big selling book about gal and another gal. What's the deal with Giffin? Did she choose the photographer? Because her author photo is excellent.
Mr. Monk is a Mess by Lee Goldberg. I was slow on buying this one. I thought we already owned a copy. What's the deal with Goldberg on this series? I cannot recall if he has one or two books left to write. I also won't bother to find out.
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub. Some sort of novel. Girl from Door County becomes Hollywood star in the '20s. What's the deal with Straub? Were her parents ever living in Milwaukee when she grew up? She went to UW for an MFA. Her short story collection Other People We Married is worth your time.
Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Another inspirational story. What's the deal with Albom? Are his sports columns as sappy as his books?
Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George. Girl can hear thoughts and flees from her criminal stepdad to an island in Washington state. What's the deal with George? I keep getting her confused with another author named George from Wisconsin.
Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham. Orphan ends up in Texas Panhandle and makes friends with football stars. They meet again 40 years later. What's the deal with Meacham? Her bio says San Antonion but there is not mention of her favorite Tex-Mex place.
Black List by Brad Thor. U.S. spy ends up on U.S. death list. What's the deal with Thor? Does he carry around a hammer or not?
The Tombs by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry. What the deal with Cussler? Do his co-authors get to drive any vehicles from Cussler's car collection?
Silver: return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion. This got great reviews. Son of Jim Hawkins and daughter of Long John Silver return to Treasure Island for remaining treasure. What's the deal with Motion? He was the UK's poet laureate, does that mean he drinks a lot?
Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay. Housebound schizophrenic thinks he sees a murder in Google Street View. What's the deal with Barclay? Was he really at Bouchercon, or did I drink too much free Dewar's?
Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. What's with Ledwidge? He doesn't even get his picture on the dust jacket.
Death's Door by James R. Benn. Another entry in the great WWII mystery series by Benn. What's the deal with Benn? Did he work at a public or academic library? I do not recall.
Doctor Who: Shada: the lost adventure by Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts. What's the deal with Adams? There is no deal, he's been dead since 2001.
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin. Big selling book about gal and another gal. What's the deal with Giffin? Did she choose the photographer? Because her author photo is excellent.
Bin Laden Barns
NonFiction
No Easy Day: the autobiography of a Navy SEAL by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. Sailor who helped kill Bib Laden and now has Pentagon and SOCOM made at him. Lots of diagrams of the assault.
Barns of Wisconsin by Jerry Apps. Barns.
No Easy Day: the autobiography of a Navy SEAL by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. Sailor who helped kill Bib Laden and now has Pentagon and SOCOM made at him. Lots of diagrams of the assault.
Barns of Wisconsin by Jerry Apps. Barns.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Cars and Coffee Concourse
Cars and Coffee Concourse
The local car place, 2 Shores, has hosted a monthly car get together on Sunday mornings. Locally and regionally owned exotics are driven over. Sunday, September 2nd was the third super event. Here are some photos. More and better photos are at http://www.facebook.com/LakeMillsCarsAndCoffee but these are the library's.
McLaren MP4 12C. This 2012 model still had temporary registration tags on it.
DeSoto Gas Cap
2005 Ford GT license plate.
Super fancy Mercedes SLS AMG.
Plate from a second Ford GT.
1984 Alpha Romeo GTV-6. A certain nine-year-old fan of BBC's Top Gear told me this probably broke down eight times on the way here.
The local car place, 2 Shores, has hosted a monthly car get together on Sunday mornings. Locally and regionally owned exotics are driven over. Sunday, September 2nd was the third super event. Here are some photos. More and better photos are at http://www.facebook.com/LakeMillsCarsAndCoffee but these are the library's.
McLaren MP4 12C. This 2012 model still had temporary registration tags on it.
DeSoto Gas Cap
2005 Ford GT license plate.
Super fancy Mercedes SLS AMG.
Plate from a second Ford GT.
1984 Alpha Romeo GTV-6. A certain nine-year-old fan of BBC's Top Gear told me this probably broke down eight times on the way here.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Photos and Musical Interlude
Photos
ILLs from everywhere.
Donation by Summer Reading Program kids to Lake Mills Food Bank, Jefferson County Humane Society and Lake Mills EMS.
Musical Interlude
The Hives apologize in advance if you lose your socks.
ILLs from everywhere.
Donation by Summer Reading Program kids to Lake Mills Food Bank, Jefferson County Humane Society and Lake Mills EMS.
Musical Interlude
The Hives apologize in advance if you lose your socks.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
What to Read 48: Dare Me by Megan Abbott
What to Read
Dare Me by Megan Abbott. New crime novel by Abbott set in suburban New Jersey and narrated by high school junior and cheerleader, Addy.
Dare Me by Megan Abbott. New crime novel by Abbott set in suburban New Jersey and narrated by high school junior and cheerleader, Addy.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Wondrous Return of Bill Crider and Charlie Stella
Charlie Stella
Rough Riders by Charlie Stella. Crook working as FBI informant to bust heroin ring running to North Dakota. Crook teams with an Air Force Colonel to smuggle in dope from Afghanistan. Ignore Stella's self-deprecation and modesty over his writing skill; he puts out some great novels.
Bill Crider
Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen by Bill Crider. More murder in Blacklin County. Someone should make a gazetteer of the County and put it online. I'm not sure if people count the Sheriff Dan Rhodes books count as "cozies" or not. (A cozy is a murder mystery with barely any blood and little to no cursing and lots of Dr. Pepper.)
Other, Lesser Arrivals
Orchardist by Amanda Copland. The Pacific Northwest in 1900 and a solitary orchard owner, William, takes in two pregnant teenagers. This had a big, fancy review so I ordered it.
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs. More murder investigation. I placed a hold on this title for someone yesterday. This series entry is set in Montreal. I really enjoyed my visit to Montreal. I've written on here before how after my trip there my wife and I were going to move there. I was only half-kidding about the move. I therefore dislike Reichs out of spite.
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry. Popular Perry produces piddling pablum. Well, not really. I hear Perry writes neat stuff but that alliteration just came to me.
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen seems like a nice lady. I watched a couple episodes of the TV version of this series. The automated spelling check does not like Gerritsen's name.
NonFiction
The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein. I often skip many political books because so many are flash in the pan and gone in a month. I've been focusinG on buying more since people like to read them.
Visiting Tom: a man, a highway, and the road to roughneck grace by Michael Perry. Perry is running out of things to write about with books on pigs, chickens, trucks and neighbors. Up next is 250 pages on hair dryers. Perry is an exceptionally good speaker and well worth your time to drive and listen to. We have a couple of his performances on CD. Plus his band on CD.
Rough Riders by Charlie Stella. Crook working as FBI informant to bust heroin ring running to North Dakota. Crook teams with an Air Force Colonel to smuggle in dope from Afghanistan. Ignore Stella's self-deprecation and modesty over his writing skill; he puts out some great novels.
Bill Crider
Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen by Bill Crider. More murder in Blacklin County. Someone should make a gazetteer of the County and put it online. I'm not sure if people count the Sheriff Dan Rhodes books count as "cozies" or not. (A cozy is a murder mystery with barely any blood and little to no cursing and lots of Dr. Pepper.)
Other, Lesser Arrivals
Orchardist by Amanda Copland. The Pacific Northwest in 1900 and a solitary orchard owner, William, takes in two pregnant teenagers. This had a big, fancy review so I ordered it.
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs. More murder investigation. I placed a hold on this title for someone yesterday. This series entry is set in Montreal. I really enjoyed my visit to Montreal. I've written on here before how after my trip there my wife and I were going to move there. I was only half-kidding about the move. I therefore dislike Reichs out of spite.
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry. Popular Perry produces piddling pablum. Well, not really. I hear Perry writes neat stuff but that alliteration just came to me.
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen seems like a nice lady. I watched a couple episodes of the TV version of this series. The automated spelling check does not like Gerritsen's name.
NonFiction
The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein. I often skip many political books because so many are flash in the pan and gone in a month. I've been focusinG on buying more since people like to read them.
Visiting Tom: a man, a highway, and the road to roughneck grace by Michael Perry. Perry is running out of things to write about with books on pigs, chickens, trucks and neighbors. Up next is 250 pages on hair dryers. Perry is an exceptionally good speaker and well worth your time to drive and listen to. We have a couple of his performances on CD. Plus his band on CD.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Bartender King's Black Mask
Fiction
Wards of Faeire: Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Elves. Magic. Swords.
By Starlight by Dorothy Garlock. Obviously a romance. Depression era gal runs speakeasy and recently returned love interest unable to tell her that he is a revenuer.
Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger. Cork O'Connor is set-up as the murderer of his pal, the future Governor of Minnesota.
BARTENDER'S TALE BY iVAN dOIG. mY caps LOCK IS ON.
AudioBooks on CD
Last Victim by Karen Robards. 13.6 hours on 11 CDs. Some psychic criminal pathologist.
Black Mask Stories edited by Otto Penzler. 6.5 hours on 6 CDs. Crime fiction from the '30s.
Black Mask Stories edited by Otto Penzler. 7 hours on 6 CDs. More crime fiction from the '30s. Or '20s. Or whatever.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. 19 hours on 15 CDs. Flynn's other two novels were quite good.
The Stand by Stephen King. 47.83 hours on 37 CDs. The big dog of post-apocolyptic books.
Wards of Faeire: Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Elves. Magic. Swords.
By Starlight by Dorothy Garlock. Obviously a romance. Depression era gal runs speakeasy and recently returned love interest unable to tell her that he is a revenuer.
Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger. Cork O'Connor is set-up as the murderer of his pal, the future Governor of Minnesota.
BARTENDER'S TALE BY iVAN dOIG. mY caps LOCK IS ON.
AudioBooks on CD
Last Victim by Karen Robards. 13.6 hours on 11 CDs. Some psychic criminal pathologist.
Black Mask Stories edited by Otto Penzler. 6.5 hours on 6 CDs. Crime fiction from the '30s.
Black Mask Stories edited by Otto Penzler. 7 hours on 6 CDs. More crime fiction from the '30s. Or '20s. Or whatever.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. 19 hours on 15 CDs. Flynn's other two novels were quite good.
The Stand by Stephen King. 47.83 hours on 37 CDs. The big dog of post-apocolyptic books.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Renovation News
Summit Credit Union granted $2,500 towards the library's renovation project.
As you can see, Monday was a very yellow day.
As you can see, Monday was a very yellow day.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
All Blackadder, All the Time
DVD
Blackadder: the ultimate edition starring Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. All four seasons of Rowan Atkinson's satirical series featuring the Blackadder family over time. Also includes Baldrick's family tree.
Damages: the complete third season starring Glenn Close, Tate Donovan, Campbell Scott and Martin Short. More legal drama and mean people.
Breaking Bad: the complete fourth season starring Bryan Cranston. Meth makers maliciously make merry.
November Requiem. The Carl D. Bradley sunk in Lake Michigan in 1958 and 33 crewmen were killed. 50 years later the ship's bell was recovered and brought to Rogers City where 23 of the dead crewmen were from.
Giant Squid. Giant squids attack! See the squid dissected! Marvel at it's viciously sharp teeth! See their massive eyes! Link.
Blackadder: the ultimate edition starring Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. All four seasons of Rowan Atkinson's satirical series featuring the Blackadder family over time. Also includes Baldrick's family tree.
Damages: the complete third season starring Glenn Close, Tate Donovan, Campbell Scott and Martin Short. More legal drama and mean people.
Breaking Bad: the complete fourth season starring Bryan Cranston. Meth makers maliciously make merry.
November Requiem. The Carl D. Bradley sunk in Lake Michigan in 1958 and 33 crewmen were killed. 50 years later the ship's bell was recovered and brought to Rogers City where 23 of the dead crewmen were from.
Giant Squid. Giant squids attack! See the squid dissected! Marvel at it's viciously sharp teeth! See their massive eyes! Link.
Monday, August 13, 2012
I Am Back From Vacation. Here Are Some Books.
Fiction
Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber. We drove to central Kansas.
The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell. I mostly stayed in Lindsborg but we did go a few places. Like the Star Wars display here.
Large Print
Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown. Isn't this cat dead yet?
Last Victim by Karen Robards. I read a Scott Phillips crime novel, The Adjustment, set in 1946 Wichita while in Kansas.
Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood. I ate some shaved ice. The six-year-old took at least 10 minutes to decide on a flavor. I am not exaggerating on the time.
Back Fire by Catherine Coulter. My wife and I had some beer at lunch.
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. There were five dogs at my in-laws house since my sister-in-law dropped off three of her dogs during their vacation.
Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber. We drove to central Kansas.
The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell. I mostly stayed in Lindsborg but we did go a few places. Like the Star Wars display here.
Large Print
Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown. Isn't this cat dead yet?
Last Victim by Karen Robards. I read a Scott Phillips crime novel, The Adjustment, set in 1946 Wichita while in Kansas.
Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood. I ate some shaved ice. The six-year-old took at least 10 minutes to decide on a flavor. I am not exaggerating on the time.
Back Fire by Catherine Coulter. My wife and I had some beer at lunch.
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. There were five dogs at my in-laws house since my sister-in-law dropped off three of her dogs during their vacation.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Megan Abbott Returns
Fiction
Dare Me by Megan Abbott. Abbott's latest novel on high school cheerleaders, their new cheer coach, and a suicide has gotten a lot of press. Dare Me has been plugged by Oprah, several major newspapers, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, and prominent writers. Abbott does good work and now the zeitgeist has attacked!
Dare Me by Megan Abbott. Abbott's latest novel on high school cheerleaders, their new cheer coach, and a suicide has gotten a lot of press. Dare Me has been plugged by Oprah, several major newspapers, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, and prominent writers. Abbott does good work and now the zeitgeist has attacked!
Politics, Divorce, PTSD, Sean Doolittle
Fiction
Lake Country by Sean Doolittle. I like the cover. Guy kidnaps daughter of man who fell sleep while driving and killed Guy's friend. Kidnapper takes daughter into Minnesota lake country and the kidnapper's buddy goes after him to stop things from getting worse. I read Doolittle's Safer and liked it. Barbara Fister really liked this book.
NonFiction
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce: 4th edition by Emily Doskow. Someone had a divorce related reference question recently. I checked our resources and noticed we needed to update a few titles.
Cowards: what politicians, radicals, and the media refuse to say by Glenn Beck. Political commentary. Some people hate him. Some people love him. Some people drink coffee and watch Sponge Bob.
Hotels, Hospitals and Jails by Anthony Swofford. Swofford hit it big with Jarhead, let his life go off the rails, tried to rebuild his relationship with his father. He did a video promo.
Oh, hey, I just ran across this as well which is Swofford reading an excerpt from a visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Audio Books on CD
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger. 11 CDs at 13.38 hours. "Tense, mesmerizing novel about the limits of dysfunctional families, of an island haunted by dark memories and restless ghosts, and of the all-too-real demons we must battle."
Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 12 CDs at 14 hours. Some gal flees her wedding with a rude guy.
Lake Country by Sean Doolittle. I like the cover. Guy kidnaps daughter of man who fell sleep while driving and killed Guy's friend. Kidnapper takes daughter into Minnesota lake country and the kidnapper's buddy goes after him to stop things from getting worse. I read Doolittle's Safer and liked it. Barbara Fister really liked this book.
NonFiction
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce: 4th edition by Emily Doskow. Someone had a divorce related reference question recently. I checked our resources and noticed we needed to update a few titles.
Cowards: what politicians, radicals, and the media refuse to say by Glenn Beck. Political commentary. Some people hate him. Some people love him. Some people drink coffee and watch Sponge Bob.
Hotels, Hospitals and Jails by Anthony Swofford. Swofford hit it big with Jarhead, let his life go off the rails, tried to rebuild his relationship with his father. He did a video promo.
Oh, hey, I just ran across this as well which is Swofford reading an excerpt from a visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Audio Books on CD
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger. 11 CDs at 13.38 hours. "Tense, mesmerizing novel about the limits of dysfunctional families, of an island haunted by dark memories and restless ghosts, and of the all-too-real demons we must battle."
Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 12 CDs at 14 hours. Some gal flees her wedding with a rude guy.
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Five Large Print, a German, and a Jance
Large Print
An American Spy by Olen Steinhuaer. I've heard good thigns about this guy's espionage thrillers but have not yet read one. I downloaded an audio version The Tourist of but never listened to it.
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins. One of those weird photoshop amalgamation covers. Everything is too in focus with weird blurriness added here and there. Gal who has $275 million in a divorce settlement buys a town in Kansas, one of the few remaining towns founded by freed slaves. Reminds me of Nicodemus which I have never been to.
Gossip by Beth Gutcheon. Something about people in Manhattan. New York, not Kansas which I have been to many times.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How will you know when they get there?
Heft by Liz Moore. Page 301 says, "Finally I stuff my keys into my pockets and my hands into my pockets as well."
NonFiction
Germany by Joanna Egert-Romanowski. Travel guide by DK. Page 232 says," As the centre of the German film industry Munich offers 76 cinemas, the Bavaria Film Studios and a college for film and television."
Fiction
Judgment Call by J.A. Jance. Mystery novel set in Arid-zona.
An American Spy by Olen Steinhuaer. I've heard good thigns about this guy's espionage thrillers but have not yet read one. I downloaded an audio version The Tourist of but never listened to it.
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins. One of those weird photoshop amalgamation covers. Everything is too in focus with weird blurriness added here and there. Gal who has $275 million in a divorce settlement buys a town in Kansas, one of the few remaining towns founded by freed slaves. Reminds me of Nicodemus which I have never been to.
Gossip by Beth Gutcheon. Something about people in Manhattan. New York, not Kansas which I have been to many times.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How will you know when they get there?
Heft by Liz Moore. Page 301 says, "Finally I stuff my keys into my pockets and my hands into my pockets as well."
NonFiction
Germany by Joanna Egert-Romanowski. Travel guide by DK. Page 232 says," As the centre of the German film industry Munich offers 76 cinemas, the Bavaria Film Studios and a college for film and television."
Fiction
Judgment Call by J.A. Jance. Mystery novel set in Arid-zona.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Wood Pulp Pressed Very Thin and Inked
Fiction
Friends Forever by Danielle Steel. Cover has five young kids kids throwing rocks into a lake. Author photo is huge. Credits on the flyleaf say the cover photo is a stock image from Iofoto/Shutterstock.
Broken Harbor by Tana French. You read her other novels, now read this one. French's author photo has her with short, red hair, wearing a shawl/scarf and posing outside.
Celtic Conspiracy by Thore D. Hansen. A customer asked about this. I found it on Amazon and it had a couple decent reviews so I ordered it. Finding a MARC record and getting this on the shelf was a chore.
Non Fiction
Guilty by Popular Demand: a true story of small town injustice by Bill Osinski. I do not remember how I heard about this or why I ordered it. True crime books circ' fairly well here. This is about a double murder in Ohio in 1982 Ohio and a man wrongly convicted for the crimes. The real killers were found in 2008.
CDL: commercial driver's license exam by Matt Mosher. Author has "450,000 safe-driving miles behind him." Zoinks. That is a lot of driving. I'm surprised this does not come with prep exams on CD-ROM.
Friends Forever by Danielle Steel. Cover has five young kids kids throwing rocks into a lake. Author photo is huge. Credits on the flyleaf say the cover photo is a stock image from Iofoto/Shutterstock.
Broken Harbor by Tana French. You read her other novels, now read this one. French's author photo has her with short, red hair, wearing a shawl/scarf and posing outside.
Celtic Conspiracy by Thore D. Hansen. A customer asked about this. I found it on Amazon and it had a couple decent reviews so I ordered it. Finding a MARC record and getting this on the shelf was a chore.
Non Fiction
Guilty by Popular Demand: a true story of small town injustice by Bill Osinski. I do not remember how I heard about this or why I ordered it. True crime books circ' fairly well here. This is about a double murder in Ohio in 1982 Ohio and a man wrongly convicted for the crimes. The real killers were found in 2008.
CDL: commercial driver's license exam by Matt Mosher. Author has "450,000 safe-driving miles behind him." Zoinks. That is a lot of driving. I'm surprised this does not come with prep exams on CD-ROM.
Dutch, Danes, Doc, Devil's, Deviousness on DVD
DVD
Armadillo featuring [foreign infantrymen]. Dutch and Danish troops in Afghanistan struggle.
Devil's Teardrop starring Tom Everett Scott and Natasha Henstridge. Mass killing in D.C. followed by a demand for $20 million or more will be killed. Handwriting expert and FBI lady follow clues.
[I cannot find a trailer]
Burn Notice: season five starring Bruce Campbell. Bruce Campbell plays former Navy guyhelping former CIA guy.
True Blood: season four starring [pretty people sucking blood]. I don't know what the heck the plot of this is.
Doc Martin: series 5 starring [British people]. Small town doctor is a jerk. In a funny way.
Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's. Advice.
Armadillo featuring [foreign infantrymen]. Dutch and Danish troops in Afghanistan struggle.
Devil's Teardrop starring Tom Everett Scott and Natasha Henstridge. Mass killing in D.C. followed by a demand for $20 million or more will be killed. Handwriting expert and FBI lady follow clues.
[I cannot find a trailer]
Burn Notice: season five starring Bruce Campbell. Bruce Campbell plays former Navy guyhelping former CIA guy.
True Blood: season four starring [pretty people sucking blood]. I don't know what the heck the plot of this is.
Doc Martin: series 5 starring [British people]. Small town doctor is a jerk. In a funny way.
Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's. Advice.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Executions and Bodies
Fiction
I Am An Executioner: love stories by Rajesh Parameswaran. This had a nice review. Nine stories that are "wildly original...riotous" including "the newlywed executioner of the title."
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Sequel to the popular novel Wolf Hall. Thomas Cromwell has to scheme to get Anne Boleyn executed so Henry VIII can try to impregnate someone else.
Large Print
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. More comic crime from set in Los Angeles.
Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson. Cover photo has girl in pink sun dress and cowboy boots standing between train tracks and holding a large, old, bluer suitcase. Her head is cropped out. Flyleaf says, "unmarried...stuffed...bridesmaid...dental...Lovett, Texas...hard-muscled...stranger...SEAL...small town..."
Soldier's Wife by Joanna Trollope. British Army Major adjusts to life at home after Afghanistan.
Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith. Small dog on the cover.
Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller. Cover has a guy wearing a cowboy hat, his head lowered, as the rubs a horse's nose. Mountains, trees, stream are photoshopped into the background.
I Am An Executioner: love stories by Rajesh Parameswaran. This had a nice review. Nine stories that are "wildly original...riotous" including "the newlywed executioner of the title."
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Sequel to the popular novel Wolf Hall. Thomas Cromwell has to scheme to get Anne Boleyn executed so Henry VIII can try to impregnate someone else.
Large Print
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. More comic crime from set in Los Angeles.
Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson. Cover photo has girl in pink sun dress and cowboy boots standing between train tracks and holding a large, old, bluer suitcase. Her head is cropped out. Flyleaf says, "unmarried...stuffed...bridesmaid...dental...Lovett, Texas...hard-muscled...stranger...SEAL...small town..."
Soldier's Wife by Joanna Trollope. British Army Major adjusts to life at home after Afghanistan.
Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith. Small dog on the cover.
Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller. Cover has a guy wearing a cowboy hat, his head lowered, as the rubs a horse's nose. Mountains, trees, stream are photoshopped into the background.
Yes, Running Red Leopard has Wicked Feast on a Grey Night
Audio Books on CD
98 Discs at 119.1 hours.
Yes, Chef: a memoir by Marcus Samuelsson. 10 CD at 11.6 hours. Born in Ethiopia, raised by Swedes, cooking across Europe, opens a restaurant in Harlem. I would have sworn some librarian in Madison recommended this one. Oh, wait, now I remember. It was here.
Running With the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn. 7 CDs at 8 hours. Guy who always liked running decides to see how "far his talents could take him" and trains in Kenya. I am not personally interested in this but the narrator is John Lee and always does a real good job.
Red House by Mark Haddon. 8 CDs at 9.6 hours. Estranged siblings spend a week together in the English countryside with all their kids.
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich. 5 CDs at 6 hours. Pastry chef hunts for ancient relic.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. 16 CDs at 19.8 hours. Popular romance novel.
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin. 27 CDs at 33.8 hours. Fourth book in the series.
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo. 17 CDs at 21.3 hours. Double murder in Oslo and Harry Hole is on the case.
Little Night by Luanne Rice. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Clare went to prison when she defended her sister against her husband and her sister lied and said it was an assault. 20 years later Clare's niece shows up.
98 Discs at 119.1 hours.
Yes, Chef: a memoir by Marcus Samuelsson. 10 CD at 11.6 hours. Born in Ethiopia, raised by Swedes, cooking across Europe, opens a restaurant in Harlem. I would have sworn some librarian in Madison recommended this one. Oh, wait, now I remember. It was here.
Running With the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn. 7 CDs at 8 hours. Guy who always liked running decides to see how "far his talents could take him" and trains in Kenya. I am not personally interested in this but the narrator is John Lee and always does a real good job.
Red House by Mark Haddon. 8 CDs at 9.6 hours. Estranged siblings spend a week together in the English countryside with all their kids.
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich. 5 CDs at 6 hours. Pastry chef hunts for ancient relic.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. 16 CDs at 19.8 hours. Popular romance novel.
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin. 27 CDs at 33.8 hours. Fourth book in the series.
The Leopard by Jo Nesbo. 17 CDs at 21.3 hours. Double murder in Oslo and Harry Hole is on the case.
Little Night by Luanne Rice. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Clare went to prison when she defended her sister against her husband and her sister lied and said it was an assault. 20 years later Clare's niece shows up.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Eight Novels w/ Conspiracy, Witches, Dave Robicheaux
Fiction
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. I'm guessing Dave Robicheaux has some killing to solve, a family mystery twitching his memory, a boat rental shed to clean, a .45 to carry, and lots of driving to New Orleans and back.
The Yard by Alex Grecian. "Gerard?" "What?" "Why did you order this one?" "I do not recall. I'm pretty sure it had a good review and is something to do with an insane asylum."
Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen. Roy is the kid and according to the flyleaf bio was awarded and Edgar. An Edgar award is a big deal.
Getaway by Lisa Brackman. Nice cover. Gal on vacation with Mexico has sex with a dude and she gets dragged into "covert operations involving drug runners, goons, and venture capitalists." She should have used protection.
Advent by James Treadwell. Cover has a crow, flying mermaids, a big and old church and lots of blue.
A Bad Day for Mercy by Sophie Littlefield. Littlefield left some comment on Scott Phillips (St. Louis version) blog a few days ago.
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. Sequel to a popular book. Author photo is black and white.
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. Clock repairman triggers a "1950s doomsday machine". Trouble and conspiracy ensue over 478 deckled pages
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. I'm guessing Dave Robicheaux has some killing to solve, a family mystery twitching his memory, a boat rental shed to clean, a .45 to carry, and lots of driving to New Orleans and back.
The Yard by Alex Grecian. "Gerard?" "What?" "Why did you order this one?" "I do not recall. I'm pretty sure it had a good review and is something to do with an insane asylum."
Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen. Roy is the kid and according to the flyleaf bio was awarded and Edgar. An Edgar award is a big deal.
Getaway by Lisa Brackman. Nice cover. Gal on vacation with Mexico has sex with a dude and she gets dragged into "covert operations involving drug runners, goons, and venture capitalists." She should have used protection.
Advent by James Treadwell. Cover has a crow, flying mermaids, a big and old church and lots of blue.
A Bad Day for Mercy by Sophie Littlefield. Littlefield left some comment on Scott Phillips (St. Louis version) blog a few days ago.
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. Sequel to a popular book. Author photo is black and white.
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway. Clock repairman triggers a "1950s doomsday machine". Trouble and conspiracy ensue over 478 deckled pages
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
New Books With an Update on Repairs and a Lesson in Motivational Leadership
Motivational Leadership
Fiction From Famous Authors
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner. That's right. Weiner.
Criminal by Karen Slaughter. A continuation of stupid covers for Slaughter books.
I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. I have no interest. Patterson took his author photo at 12:52.
Back Fire by Catherine Coulter. Some sort of thriller. Coulter took her author photo at 2:25.
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein. Fairstein is wearing a ring with a green stone for the author photo. Looks like she took her author photo at 5:30.
Fiction From Famous Authors
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner. That's right. Weiner.
Criminal by Karen Slaughter. A continuation of stupid covers for Slaughter books.
I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. I have no interest. Patterson took his author photo at 12:52.
Back Fire by Catherine Coulter. Some sort of thriller. Coulter took her author photo at 2:25.
Night Watch by Linda Fairstein. Fairstein is wearing a ring with a green stone for the author photo. Looks like she took her author photo at 5:30.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Nothing New, Here Are Some Photos and A Song
Musical Interlude
An old tune by the Afghan Whigs.
Photos
Comic Book Novels Awaiting Repair
Doctor Who in Peril
Hellboy Split Asunder
An old tune by the Afghan Whigs.
Photos
Comic Book Novels Awaiting Repair
Doctor Who in Peril
Hellboy Split Asunder
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Musical Interlude and a Bookmark
Musical Interlude
Another band, The Ex-Lovers, I heard on BBC6.
Bookmark
Some libraries keep track of the odd things used as bookmarks. We do not keep track but I did find this 11 year old ticket in a donated paperback.
Another band, The Ex-Lovers, I heard on BBC6.
Bookmark
Some libraries keep track of the odd things used as bookmarks. We do not keep track but I did find this 11 year old ticket in a donated paperback.
Monday, July 09, 2012
Two Wisconsin Books
NonFiction
Green Bay Packers: trials, triumphs, and tradition by William Povletich. A hisotry of the team from 1921 onward. Many, many photos. Page 119 says, "NFL owners continued to ignore the prospects generated by the new league's revolutionary television contracts of years past, choosing to abide by their antiquated, individual-team television contracts of years past."
Return to Wake Robin: one cabin in the heyday of Northwoods resorts by Marnie O. Mamminga. The author is a graduate of THE GREAT AND MIGHTY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - GO ILLINI! ILL-INI. A multi-generational family history of every summer near Hayward, WI. Many, many photos but no bikini shots. Page 82 says, "Here she proudly displays her trophy-sized musky, circa late 1950s."
Green Bay Packers: trials, triumphs, and tradition by William Povletich. A hisotry of the team from 1921 onward. Many, many photos. Page 119 says, "NFL owners continued to ignore the prospects generated by the new league's revolutionary television contracts of years past, choosing to abide by their antiquated, individual-team television contracts of years past."
Return to Wake Robin: one cabin in the heyday of Northwoods resorts by Marnie O. Mamminga. The author is a graduate of THE GREAT AND MIGHTY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - GO ILLINI! ILL-INI. A multi-generational family history of every summer near Hayward, WI. Many, many photos but no bikini shots. Page 82 says, "Here she proudly displays her trophy-sized musky, circa late 1950s."
Friday, July 06, 2012
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Dancing Milwaukee Tractors
DVD
The Artist starring John Goodman, Ed Lauter, Malcolm McDowell, [French guy]. Small dog makes people laugh.
Fiction
Home for Wayward Clocks by Kathie Giorgio.
Large Print
Tuesday's Child by Fern Michaels. Another Fern Michaels novel, another cover illustration of flowers.
Non Fiction
Antique Tractor Guide: volume XII. Because people like tractors. Page 468 says, "In spite of all the efforts the company succumbed to indebtedness on November 2, 1922, and the board of directors voted to close the company and sell the assets to pay debts."
Wonderdads: the best dad and child activities in Milwaukee by Regina Lewis. Page 53 says, "Rollaero is cash only and there's no ATM is [sic] on the premises."
The Artist starring John Goodman, Ed Lauter, Malcolm McDowell, [French guy]. Small dog makes people laugh.
Fiction
Home for Wayward Clocks by Kathie Giorgio.
Large Print
Tuesday's Child by Fern Michaels. Another Fern Michaels novel, another cover illustration of flowers.
Non Fiction
Antique Tractor Guide: volume XII. Because people like tractors. Page 468 says, "In spite of all the efforts the company succumbed to indebtedness on November 2, 1922, and the board of directors voted to close the company and sell the assets to pay debts."
Wonderdads: the best dad and child activities in Milwaukee by Regina Lewis. Page 53 says, "Rollaero is cash only and there's no ATM is [sic] on the premises."
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Fargo 50k 50/50 Raffle Results
50/50 Raffle
The Library's raffle proceeds will go towards our interior renovation. The Drawing was Wednesday, June 27th at 7 PM in Commons Park.
Not peeking at the names.
Reading the Name.
Winner! Gerry Riddle of Lake Mills won $292.50. The same amount goes toward our renovation.
The Library's raffle proceeds will go towards our interior renovation. The Drawing was Wednesday, June 27th at 7 PM in Commons Park.
Not peeking at the names.
Reading the Name.
Winner! Gerry Riddle of Lake Mills won $292.50. The same amount goes toward our renovation.
Guess Who Ordered Two Copies By Accident
Fiction
The Edge of Maybe by Ericka Lutz. Something about ex-punk rockers in Northern California andpast intrudes into present.
The Edge of Maybe by Ericka Lutz. Lutz should be happy. I bought a second copy by mistake. Lut'z bio lists her many jobs and activities over the years. I bet most people zero in on her past job as a stripper.
Tuesday's Child by Fern Michaels. Cover has flowers on it.
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger. Cover has ocean waves, an island and cloudy sky with sun shining through.
Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths. Mystery series. Forensic archaeologist hired to see bones of medieval bishop and finds a a second, more recent, dead guy.
The Edge of Maybe by Ericka Lutz. Something about ex-punk rockers in Northern California andpast intrudes into present.
The Edge of Maybe by Ericka Lutz. Lutz should be happy. I bought a second copy by mistake. Lut'z bio lists her many jobs and activities over the years. I bet most people zero in on her past job as a stripper.
Tuesday's Child by Fern Michaels. Cover has flowers on it.
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger. Cover has ocean waves, an island and cloudy sky with sun shining through.
Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths. Mystery series. Forensic archaeologist hired to see bones of medieval bishop and finds a a second, more recent, dead guy.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Fifty Shades of Guns and Knives by Joe Sacco
Fiction
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James. Page 316 says, " Do you want to leave your bag with Taylor?" I ask Ethan.
Fifty Shades Freed by EL James. Page 115 says, "Do you want me to spank you, Anastasia?"
Straight Razor Days by Joel Thomas Hynes. Poetry collection by a Newfie. My commentary is here: http://youtu.be/4MjfcDkY0Yc.
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Collaborative novel by Pratchett and Baxter. Something to do with time travel. I think. Partly set in Madison, WI.
NonFiction
The AR-15: volume 4 by Patrick Sweeney. "Plus: extreme torture testing" Extreme? Really? Well, more or less, he does shoot them with birdshot.
Knives: 2012 edited by Joe Kertzman. Look at all the custom knives you are too poor or cheap to purchase.
Journalism by Joe Sacco. Sacco uses comics to tell stories. The drawings add so much to his reporting on the war in Iraq and the culture clash of African immigrants with the natives of Malta.
Wonderdads: the best dad and child activities in Chicago by Regina Lewis. Page 70 says, "There are bike trails and prairie paths and deer everywhere."
Mom, Dad...Can We Talk?: insight and perspectives to help us do what's best for our aging parents by Dick Edwards. How to and why to discuss issues of health, aging, and death with your parents.
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James. Page 316 says, " Do you want to leave your bag with Taylor?" I ask Ethan.
Fifty Shades Freed by EL James. Page 115 says, "Do you want me to spank you, Anastasia?"
Straight Razor Days by Joel Thomas Hynes. Poetry collection by a Newfie. My commentary is here: http://youtu.be/4MjfcDkY0Yc.
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Collaborative novel by Pratchett and Baxter. Something to do with time travel. I think. Partly set in Madison, WI.
NonFiction
The AR-15: volume 4 by Patrick Sweeney. "Plus: extreme torture testing" Extreme? Really? Well, more or less, he does shoot them with birdshot.
Knives: 2012 edited by Joe Kertzman. Look at all the custom knives you are too poor or cheap to purchase.
Journalism by Joe Sacco. Sacco uses comics to tell stories. The drawings add so much to his reporting on the war in Iraq and the culture clash of African immigrants with the natives of Malta.
Wonderdads: the best dad and child activities in Chicago by Regina Lewis. Page 70 says, "There are bike trails and prairie paths and deer everywhere."
Mom, Dad...Can We Talk?: insight and perspectives to help us do what's best for our aging parents by Dick Edwards. How to and why to discuss issues of health, aging, and death with your parents.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Town and Country Days Parade
Town and Country Days
Town and Country Days is the last weekend every June. There is a carnival in Commons Park across the street from the library (no photos). There is a beer tent (no photos). There are bands playing (no photos). There are food stands (no photos). The Boy Scouts have a dunk tank (no photos). There is a parade.
Town and Country Days is the last weekend every June. There is a carnival in Commons Park across the street from the library (no photos). There is a beer tent (no photos). There are bands playing (no photos). There are food stands (no photos). The Boy Scouts have a dunk tank (no photos). There is a parade.
Some Whale and Jeffery Deaver
DVD
Big Miracle starring Ted Danson, Kristen Bell. Whale gets stuck under ice flow and gets on the news.
Large Print
XO by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver writes a novel and his publisher, apparently, uses the same graphic designer who does all those James Patterson novels.
Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey. What if someone is hiding from love? Does that make it a game of hide-and-seek?
Little Night by Luanne Rice. A novel set in Manhattan? Outrageous!
Big Miracle starring Ted Danson, Kristen Bell. Whale gets stuck under ice flow and gets on the news.
Large Print
XO by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver writes a novel and his publisher, apparently, uses the same graphic designer who does all those James Patterson novels.
Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey. What if someone is hiding from love? Does that make it a game of hide-and-seek?
Little Night by Luanne Rice. A novel set in Manhattan? Outrageous!
Friday, June 22, 2012
What is the Crime rate in Sweden?
Audio Books on CD
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom. 13 CDs at 16 hours. Methamphetamine trade in prison ends in a police informant's murder. Investigating officer finds unsolved cases and government secrets.
Fiction
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich. "A Lizzy and Diesel Novel".
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Hives Have Returned
A Very Thin Plastic Thing Shaped Like A Wheel With A Centered Hole
Lex Hives by The Hives. Loud music mixed with lead man bombastic silliness.
Here is the first single.
The Internet
Is Filled With poor quality audio and video.
Like This:
And this, too:
Lex Hives by The Hives. Loud music mixed with lead man bombastic silliness.
Here is the first single.
The Internet
Is Filled With poor quality audio and video.
Like This:
And this, too:
Friday, June 15, 2012
No Copies of 50 Shades? Try Lorelei James
Fiction
Raising Kane by Lorelei James. Page 187 says, "He trailed kisses down her torso, stopping briefly to [censored] her [censored], then her right. [censor]. When his tongue [censored] she [censored].[censored]. [censored]. [censored]. [censored]."
Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey. Cover has skimpily dressed model, galloping horse, stone bench, wind blown scarf, and manor house.
The Storm by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. Another wrecked ship in the desert.
Third Gate by Lincoln Child. Page 153 says, "For a minute, Rush didn't look back."
A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith. Another dog book.
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst. More sublime espionage writing about World War Two by the great Furst.
XO by Jeffery Deaver. Page 141 says, "She noted the big red Buick speeding away."
Raising Kane by Lorelei James. Page 187 says, "He trailed kisses down her torso, stopping briefly to [censored] her [censored], then her right. [censor]. When his tongue [censored] she [censored].[censored]. [censored]. [censored]. [censored]."
Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey. Cover has skimpily dressed model, galloping horse, stone bench, wind blown scarf, and manor house.
The Storm by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. Another wrecked ship in the desert.
Third Gate by Lincoln Child. Page 153 says, "For a minute, Rush didn't look back."
A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith. Another dog book.
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst. More sublime espionage writing about World War Two by the great Furst.
XO by Jeffery Deaver. Page 141 says, "She noted the big red Buick speeding away."
Large Print Excerpts
Large Print
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison. Replacement for our original copy that had the wrong pages inserted. Page 103 says, "Masha...made from the skins of a white Siberian tiger...whose diamonds...departed the pastry shop.
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall. Page 74 says, "A little girl...escaped...her...jellyfish."
Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose. Page 413 says,"Jac...pointed... other explorers...to risk...the nun."
Afterwards by Rosamund Liption. Pages 251 to 321 say, "Rosamund...officially...signed...her name...in view of her parents...our little fish."
A Land More Kind Than Home by Rosamund Lupton. Pages 1 to 540 says, "I..w...i...l...l...e...a...t...T...w...i...z...z...l...e...r...s...a...l...l...d...a...y."
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison. Replacement for our original copy that had the wrong pages inserted. Page 103 says, "Masha...made from the skins of a white Siberian tiger...whose diamonds...departed the pastry shop.
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall. Page 74 says, "A little girl...escaped...her...jellyfish."
Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose. Page 413 says,"Jac...pointed... other explorers...to risk...the nun."
Afterwards by Rosamund Liption. Pages 251 to 321 say, "Rosamund...officially...signed...her name...in view of her parents...our little fish."
A Land More Kind Than Home by Rosamund Lupton. Pages 1 to 540 says, "I..w...i...l...l...e...a...t...T...w...i...z...z...l...e...r...s...a...l...l...d...a...y."
Double Dose of Piccirilli
Piccirilli in Print
The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccrilli. The Great Piccirilli's latest novel. Terry split from his criminal relatives after his brother, Collie, killed eight people. Days before his execution Collie says one killing was by someone else, someone else still on the loose. Terry revisits what happened the day of the killings.
Piccirilli on CD
Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. Same as above but with some guy named Mike reading it to you.
Canadian
Michael Buble: crazy life by Olivia King. Page 97 says, "David's luxury pad in Malibu was becoming a second home to Michael." Page 106 says, "Brian Bromberg...had grown...very heavily...hungry for...goalposts...His life was...cagey...on the internet...top-secret...was...a bit ridiculous."
DVD
Personal Training with Jackie: 30 day fast start with [someone named Jackie, presumably]. Really fit gal exercises.
Joyful Noise starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. Church choir clashes over choral cooperation. You know who plays great bad guys? Courtney B. Vance.
The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccrilli. The Great Piccirilli's latest novel. Terry split from his criminal relatives after his brother, Collie, killed eight people. Days before his execution Collie says one killing was by someone else, someone else still on the loose. Terry revisits what happened the day of the killings.
Piccirilli on CD
Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. Same as above but with some guy named Mike reading it to you.
Canadian
Michael Buble: crazy life by Olivia King. Page 97 says, "David's luxury pad in Malibu was becoming a second home to Michael." Page 106 says, "Brian Bromberg...had grown...very heavily...hungry for...goalposts...His life was...cagey...on the internet...top-secret...was...a bit ridiculous."
DVD
Personal Training with Jackie: 30 day fast start with [someone named Jackie, presumably]. Really fit gal exercises.
Joyful Noise starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. Church choir clashes over choral cooperation. You know who plays great bad guys? Courtney B. Vance.
What to Read 47: library repairs and "Razor Days" by Joel Hynes
What to Read 47: library repairs and "Razor Days" by Joel Thomas Hynes.
Friday, June 08, 2012
Gillian Flynn Returns! So does Steven Saylor (no relation)
Fiction
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Flynn's third novel. A wife disappears on the eve of her fifth wedding anniversary and her "golden-boy husband" is suspect. Flynn's novels Sharp Objects was darn good. FLynn's novel Dark Places was excellent.
Mortal by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. Some sort of fantasy novel.
The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor (no relation). Another mystery novel featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus is not yet "the Finder" but just turned 18 and is on a tour of the seven wonders of the world.
Undead and Unstable by Mary Janice Davidson. More of the same, I suppose. If you already read the series you'll pick it up anyway.
Large Print
True Sisters by Sandra Dallas.
Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans.
Ties That Bind by Marie Bostwick. "A Cobbled Court Novel."
Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin.
Betrayal by Christina Dodd. "A Bella Terra Deception Novel."
No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Flynn's third novel. A wife disappears on the eve of her fifth wedding anniversary and her "golden-boy husband" is suspect. Flynn's novels Sharp Objects was darn good. FLynn's novel Dark Places was excellent.
Mortal by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. Some sort of fantasy novel.
The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor (no relation). Another mystery novel featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus is not yet "the Finder" but just turned 18 and is on a tour of the seven wonders of the world.
Undead and Unstable by Mary Janice Davidson. More of the same, I suppose. If you already read the series you'll pick it up anyway.
Large Print
True Sisters by Sandra Dallas.
Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans.
Ties That Bind by Marie Bostwick. "A Cobbled Court Novel."
Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin.
Betrayal by Christina Dodd. "A Bella Terra Deception Novel."
No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney.
Three Flicks
DVD
Memorial Day starring James Cromwell, Minnesotans. 13-year-old questions his grandfather about WWII. 13-year-old grows up to serve in Iraq. With flashbacks including a FG42.
Chronicle starring [teenagers and adults acting as teenagers]. Teens develop super powers.
The Woman in Black starring Harry Potter. Harry Potter is sent to a remote village to settle an estate.
Memorial Day starring James Cromwell, Minnesotans. 13-year-old questions his grandfather about WWII. 13-year-old grows up to serve in Iraq. With flashbacks including a FG42.
Chronicle starring [teenagers and adults acting as teenagers]. Teens develop super powers.
The Woman in Black starring Harry Potter. Harry Potter is sent to a remote village to settle an estate.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Monday, June 04, 2012
Chicago Whiskey, German Terrorists and Rifles
NonFiction
Heartland Serial Killers: Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch, and murder for profit in the Gaslight Era Chicago by Richard C. Lindbergh. "Johann Hock was a debonair bigamist and wife killer who boasted of having perfected a 'scientific technique' to romance and seduction. Belle Gunness was a nesting 'Black Widow' whose sprawling farm in Northwest Indiana was a fatal lure for lonely bachelors seeking the comforts of middle-age security by answering matrimonial advertisements placed by Gunness."
Whiskey Breakfast: my Swedish family, my American life by Richard C. Lindberg. Growing up as first generation American kid in a stoic Swedish household.
Baader-Meinhof: the inside story of the R.A.F. by Stefan Aust. The definitive history of the Red Army Faction from it's 1960's origins to the bombings, bank robberies, kidnappings, hijackings, prison escapes, and mass suicide. I watched the movie version of this and it was quite good.
Classic American Combat Rifles edited by Terry Wieland. I would not have purchased this if I knew it is just a collection of Gun Digest articles dating back as far as 1957.
[sic]: a memoir by Joshua Cody. Composer from Wisconsin lives in New York and gets cancer.Bone marrow transplant and full radiation but, I'm told, the book is not a total downer of hospital beds, pain medication, and worried relatives.
Top 10 Chicago by Elaine Glusac, et al. "You guide to the best of everything." Page 46 says, "Better yet, why not stop into both!"
The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget edited by Honathan Bousfield, et al. Visit all the places the Baader-Meinhof gang bombed.
Heartland Serial Killers: Belle Gunness, Johann Hoch, and murder for profit in the Gaslight Era Chicago by Richard C. Lindbergh. "Johann Hock was a debonair bigamist and wife killer who boasted of having perfected a 'scientific technique' to romance and seduction. Belle Gunness was a nesting 'Black Widow' whose sprawling farm in Northwest Indiana was a fatal lure for lonely bachelors seeking the comforts of middle-age security by answering matrimonial advertisements placed by Gunness."
Whiskey Breakfast: my Swedish family, my American life by Richard C. Lindberg. Growing up as first generation American kid in a stoic Swedish household.
Baader-Meinhof: the inside story of the R.A.F. by Stefan Aust. The definitive history of the Red Army Faction from it's 1960's origins to the bombings, bank robberies, kidnappings, hijackings, prison escapes, and mass suicide. I watched the movie version of this and it was quite good.
Classic American Combat Rifles edited by Terry Wieland. I would not have purchased this if I knew it is just a collection of Gun Digest articles dating back as far as 1957.
[sic]: a memoir by Joshua Cody. Composer from Wisconsin lives in New York and gets cancer.Bone marrow transplant and full radiation but, I'm told, the book is not a total downer of hospital beds, pain medication, and worried relatives.
Top 10 Chicago by Elaine Glusac, et al. "You guide to the best of everything." Page 46 says, "Better yet, why not stop into both!"
The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget edited by Honathan Bousfield, et al. Visit all the places the Baader-Meinhof gang bombed.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Lee Goldberg's Busboy
Fiction
King City by Lee Goldberg. Goldberg's latest novel. Let me be clear, I have no idea what this book is about. I have avoided all of Goldberg's online comments and promotions because I want the whole novel to be a mystery once I start it. I will not even read the back cover. I do not like the front cover.
Poetry
American Busboy by Matthew Guenette. Madison guy writes poems. Don't we all put cornstarch in our polyester pants to keep from getting butt rash?...brings the mindset of a stifled serving class to life...alliteration worthy of Chaucer...untouchable waitresses step on the heads of busboys.
King City by Lee Goldberg. Goldberg's latest novel. Let me be clear, I have no idea what this book is about. I have avoided all of Goldberg's online comments and promotions because I want the whole novel to be a mystery once I start it. I will not even read the back cover. I do not like the front cover.
Poetry
American Busboy by Matthew Guenette. Madison guy writes poems. Don't we all put cornstarch in our polyester pants to keep from getting butt rash?...brings the mindset of a stifled serving class to life...alliteration worthy of Chaucer...untouchable waitresses step on the heads of busboys.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Overlording Marketing Plan for Ancient Handbooks
NonFiction
The Successful Marketing Plan: how to create dynamic, results-oriented marketing by Roman G. Hiebing, et al. Page 238 says "Part III. Tactical Plans."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by Stephen Bertman. Page Page 109 says "Observed by his queen and courtiers, Ur-Nanshe, with his son in tow, proudly commences the construction of a new temple. Below, we see him with drink in hand."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David. Page 127 says "Egypt's first step to establish this empire was to repossess Nubia."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. Is Lesley the man's or woman's spelling? Page 386 says "horseshoes 185".
Overlord: the illustrated histoy of the D-Day landings by Ken Ford and Steven J. Zaloga. Good thing you added in that "J", Zaloga. Because Zaloga is such a common name. Page 271 says "1st Dorsets".
The Successful Marketing Plan: how to create dynamic, results-oriented marketing by Roman G. Hiebing, et al. Page 238 says "Part III. Tactical Plans."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by Stephen Bertman. Page Page 109 says "Observed by his queen and courtiers, Ur-Nanshe, with his son in tow, proudly commences the construction of a new temple. Below, we see him with drink in hand."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David. Page 127 says "Egypt's first step to establish this empire was to repossess Nubia."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. Is Lesley the man's or woman's spelling? Page 386 says "horseshoes 185".
Overlord: the illustrated histoy of the D-Day landings by Ken Ford and Steven J. Zaloga. Good thing you added in that "J", Zaloga. Because Zaloga is such a common name. Page 271 says "1st Dorsets".
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Indigenous, Donations, Discounts
Indigenous Cheeseheads
Mothers and Daughters by Rae Meadows. Young mom finds some of her dead mom's belongings and "discovers links to pieces of her family history but is puzzled by much of the information the box contains" including her grandmother catching an Orphan Train from New York. Madison.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen. Young twin girls Milly and Twiss live in Spring Green, WI during the summer of '47. Their golf pro father is injured and unable to gold, the mom says they will stay poor, and cousin Bett comes to visit. Spring Green.
The Long Way Home by Karen McQuestion. 35-year-old Marnie's boyfriend keels over from a heart attack. Marnie raised the boyfriend's son, Troy, but now his rotten birth mother takes him away. Friends from Marnie's grief counseling group travel with her to Las Vegas to visit Troy. (I originally typed that as Las Begas. I'd visit a town called Las Begas.) Milwaukee.
Healing the Heart of Democracy: the courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit by Parker J. Palmer. Why does the cover list his name like this: Parker J. PALMER? Why the upper case? Madison.
Donations
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: biography of J.E.B. Stuart by Jeffry D. Wert. "Provides new details about Stuart's childhood and youth, and he draws on letters between Stuart and his wife, Flora...eager for glory, daring sometimes to the point of recklessness."
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson. Go Gusties!
Killing Lincoln: the shocking assassination that changed America forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. I looked at the pictures.
James Madison by Richard Brookhiser. "The Father of Constitution, for he more than any other man got it written and ratified. He called for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787...took notes on every speech...led the fight for ratification in his native Virginia...co-authored the Federalist papers...shepherded the Bill of Rights through the First Congress...ate those little snack cakes his wife, Dolly, made."
Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's heroic last year by Charles Bracelen Flood. After a financial swindle the terminally ill Grant would write up to 10,000 words a day to finish his memoirs "and save his family from financial ruin."
Unbroken: a World War II story of Survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. Survival as a POW of the Japanese. I looked at these pictures, too.
Discounts
The Ancient Roman World by Ronald Mellor and Marni McGee. Chapter 19, How to Get Rich in Rome: business and trade.
The Ancient Greek World by Jennifer T. Roberts and Tracy Barrett. Chapter 24, "A pestilent man": Philip of Macedon.
The Ancient Egyptian World by Eric H. Cline and Jill Rubabcaba. Chapter 4, Thank you, Rosetta Stone: hieroglyphs.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Double Dose of Max Collins Plus One Comic Book
Fiction
Lady, Go Die by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane. The long lost sequel to Spillane's I, the Jury. Spillane wrote this one after I, the Jury came out in 1947 but he shelved the manuscript. Collins has been taking old Spillane manuscripts and finishing them. Sometime Collins just has to polish up a draft. Other times Collins does a lot more work with a partial manuscript. Collins has done press and interviews to promote Lady but I've ignored it all to avoid any spoilers before I read the novel.
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan. Barbara is Max Allan Collins's wife. They collaborate on this cozy mystery series. I spoke very briefly to Barbara at Bouchercon. She is a very nice lady.
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This is supposed to be quite good. A thriller with a kidnapping and search for 500-year-old secret.
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell. I don't remember what this is about. Let's take a look...oh, yeah. A former mob hit man in hiding in Minnesota helps a paleontologist in trouble. This, too, is supposed to be quite good and funny, fast, and furious.
Waters of Star Lake by Sara Rath. Rath lives in Spring Green, WI. Natalie Waters vacations in the northwoods in the center of Dillinger rumors and timber wolf turmoil. Whenever I see the word northwoods I think of Leinenkugel.
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett. Kind of like Jeeves and Wooster but with a mystery. I think Brett used to be a race car driver but I am too busy to check.
The Singles by Meredith Goldstein. Bride-to-be wants no single guests. I don't know if this is a comic novel or what.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How do you know when they arrive?
Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn. Fantasy novel. Modern guy walks into a mist and emerges into Celtic Britain. He finds his way to the timeless Otherworld and figures to bide his time for two thousand years.
Dark Magic by James Swain. Swain's Miami based mysteries do well. Dark has psychic who is part of a crime prevention group.
Black & White by Raymond Benson. Part of the Black Stiletto series featuring 1950s crime fighter Judy Cooper. The Stiletto has to rescue a kidnapped girl.
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell. Archeologist is looking for stolen Mayan artifacts. Federal cop named Hunter helps her out. Romance happens.
Redemption by Kate Flora. Portland cop Reggie's holiday weekend is cancelled to recover a drowned body. The body is a homeless man and former classmate and fellow Vietnam Vet Reggie. Reggie's death may not have been accidental.
City of Rocks by Michael Zimmer. Western novel. What happened out there in City of Rocks wasn't clean. It was grimy and smelly and gut-numbingly cold. And it was scary. Men died for stupid reasons, and when they did, they didn't just grab their chests and fall over. They got knocked down hard and the life spilled out of them like blood from a butchered hog. I guess I ought to know since I was there. Since it was me who did most of the killing that day.
Graphic Novel
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson. "Join the Boy Scouts for a week of campfires, merit badge courses, group showers and merciless hazing at Pinewood Forest Camp, New Jersey, in the summer of 1995." Camp Drake used to have Mountain Dew in old style glass bottles.
NonFiction
Guttenberg Bible by Steve Guttenberg. Hilarious memoir of life in Hollywood.
Lady, Go Die by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane. The long lost sequel to Spillane's I, the Jury. Spillane wrote this one after I, the Jury came out in 1947 but he shelved the manuscript. Collins has been taking old Spillane manuscripts and finishing them. Sometime Collins just has to polish up a draft. Other times Collins does a lot more work with a partial manuscript. Collins has done press and interviews to promote Lady but I've ignored it all to avoid any spoilers before I read the novel.
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan. Barbara is Max Allan Collins's wife. They collaborate on this cozy mystery series. I spoke very briefly to Barbara at Bouchercon. She is a very nice lady.
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This is supposed to be quite good. A thriller with a kidnapping and search for 500-year-old secret.
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell. I don't remember what this is about. Let's take a look...oh, yeah. A former mob hit man in hiding in Minnesota helps a paleontologist in trouble. This, too, is supposed to be quite good and funny, fast, and furious.
Waters of Star Lake by Sara Rath. Rath lives in Spring Green, WI. Natalie Waters vacations in the northwoods in the center of Dillinger rumors and timber wolf turmoil. Whenever I see the word northwoods I think of Leinenkugel.
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett. Kind of like Jeeves and Wooster but with a mystery. I think Brett used to be a race car driver but I am too busy to check.
The Singles by Meredith Goldstein. Bride-to-be wants no single guests. I don't know if this is a comic novel or what.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How do you know when they arrive?
Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn. Fantasy novel. Modern guy walks into a mist and emerges into Celtic Britain. He finds his way to the timeless Otherworld and figures to bide his time for two thousand years.
Dark Magic by James Swain. Swain's Miami based mysteries do well. Dark has psychic who is part of a crime prevention group.
Black & White by Raymond Benson. Part of the Black Stiletto series featuring 1950s crime fighter Judy Cooper. The Stiletto has to rescue a kidnapped girl.
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell. Archeologist is looking for stolen Mayan artifacts. Federal cop named Hunter helps her out. Romance happens.
Redemption by Kate Flora. Portland cop Reggie's holiday weekend is cancelled to recover a drowned body. The body is a homeless man and former classmate and fellow Vietnam Vet Reggie. Reggie's death may not have been accidental.
City of Rocks by Michael Zimmer. Western novel. What happened out there in City of Rocks wasn't clean. It was grimy and smelly and gut-numbingly cold. And it was scary. Men died for stupid reasons, and when they did, they didn't just grab their chests and fall over. They got knocked down hard and the life spilled out of them like blood from a butchered hog. I guess I ought to know since I was there. Since it was me who did most of the killing that day.
Graphic Novel
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson. "Join the Boy Scouts for a week of campfires, merit badge courses, group showers and merciless hazing at Pinewood Forest Camp, New Jersey, in the summer of 1995." Camp Drake used to have Mountain Dew in old style glass bottles.
NonFiction
Guttenberg Bible by Steve Guttenberg. Hilarious memoir of life in Hollywood.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Another Beautiful Day in Southern Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin
[I took this last Tuesday but today is even nicer.]
[I took this last Tuesday but today is even nicer.]
Monday, May 21, 2012
Music for Monkeys - Music on CDs
Music Come to Life by the Dark Magic of Science!
Up All Night by One Direction. British boys belting ballads.
Whatever by Hot Chelle Rae. What a coincidence. The title is exactly what I was thinking about this disc of song singers. They sound very peppy.
Bangarang by Skrillex. What is the deal with this? Electronica or something? All I know is that kids will check it out.
Point of Morrow by The Shins. I used to think these guys were from Australia. Pop music for adults. I know that cardboard CD cases are supposed to be "green" but the stupid thing just tore.
Own the Night by Lady Antebellum. Country music by people who won a Grammy or something.
MDNA by Madonna. There are so many, many things I could write about Madonna and none of them fit here.
Hymns by Guy Penrod. Christian rock checks out. I'm trying this one out.
Otis Taylor's Contraband by Otis Taylor. We have Taylor's Recapturing the banjo and it is pretty good. Here is a track off Recapturing.
Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. Peppy pop tunes for people.
Media for Monkeys - DVD
DVD Hoo-hoo- hooo-hoo-hoo
Miss Representation featuring Condoleeza Rice, Lisa Ling, Rosario Dawson. I ordered this? I don't remember ordering this. The difficulty of girls to grow up into positions f power when media culture emphasizes youth and beauty.
Into the Abyss: a tale of death, a tale of life by Werner Herzog. Herzog looks at the aftermath of a triple murder in Conrow, TX.
Exhale: core fusion thighs and glutes by Core Fusion (Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp). Exercises.
Eagleheart: season one starring Chris Elliott. Massive silliness with lots of blood.
Miss Representation featuring Condoleeza Rice, Lisa Ling, Rosario Dawson. I ordered this? I don't remember ordering this. The difficulty of girls to grow up into positions f power when media culture emphasizes youth and beauty.
Into the Abyss: a tale of death, a tale of life by Werner Herzog. Herzog looks at the aftermath of a triple murder in Conrow, TX.
Exhale: core fusion thighs and glutes by Core Fusion (Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp). Exercises.
Eagleheart: season one starring Chris Elliott. Massive silliness with lots of blood.
Large Print Redux (Now WIth More Cover Commentary!)
Large Print
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. Quick's covers come covered in roses.
Stolen Prey by John Sandford. Big house in the woods at night. I'm not sure if the vertical lines on the cover are supposed to be rain drops, scratches on a photo, or fold marks in photo paper.
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts. Bed covered in flower petals, burning candles on bedside table, framed photos next to the candles. One photo is a picture of a house. Nothing says romance like black-and-white photos of old buildings.
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Silhouette of a couple on a park bench staring at the Statue of Liberty during sunset. The sepia toning looks awful.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Some cover as the regular print edition with a Jennifer Garner look alike pointing a pistol at the viewer.
Fiction
Overseas by Beatriz Williams. I think this is some sort of time-travel romance set in WWI France and modern, super-wealthy Manhattan.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. Photo of a restaurant called Elaine's with a CLOSED sign over the double door entrance.
NonFiction
Using Your Computer: the beginner's guide, third edition by Kyle MacRae. The cover image screams "Great for seniors. Go online with your granddaughter!" The inside says, "Task Manager has several tabs but you're interested in Applications."
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. Quick's covers come covered in roses.
Stolen Prey by John Sandford. Big house in the woods at night. I'm not sure if the vertical lines on the cover are supposed to be rain drops, scratches on a photo, or fold marks in photo paper.
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts. Bed covered in flower petals, burning candles on bedside table, framed photos next to the candles. One photo is a picture of a house. Nothing says romance like black-and-white photos of old buildings.
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Silhouette of a couple on a park bench staring at the Statue of Liberty during sunset. The sepia toning looks awful.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Some cover as the regular print edition with a Jennifer Garner look alike pointing a pistol at the viewer.
Fiction
Overseas by Beatriz Williams. I think this is some sort of time-travel romance set in WWI France and modern, super-wealthy Manhattan.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. Photo of a restaurant called Elaine's with a CLOSED sign over the double door entrance.
NonFiction
Using Your Computer: the beginner's guide, third edition by Kyle MacRae. The cover image screams "Great for seniors. Go online with your granddaughter!" The inside says, "Task Manager has several tabs but you're interested in Applications."
Friday, May 18, 2012
Four of Violence, Four of Love
DVD
Exhale: core fusion 30 day sculpt. Weekly workouts.
Ike: countdown to D-Day starring Tom Selleck. Mustache-free Selleck shaves in a bald spot to convince the Limeys, Frogs and Yanks to work together.
Birdsong starring [British and French actors]. Young Englishman falls for a married woman before World War One. She leaves him and he joins the Army when the war begins. The book was pretty decent.
Heaven is Waiting starring [actors I never heard of]. Widower who has not dated since his wife's death is very uncomfortable with his grown daughter's boyfriend.
War Horse starring [CGI Death and Destruction]. Guy really loves his horse.
The Vow starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum. Wife wakes with coma forgetting last five years of life. Wife starts to listen to parents and see a past fiancee. Husband woos her back.
We Bought A Zoo starring Jason Bourne, That Guy From Wings. They bought a zoo.
Haywire starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bill Paxton, Gina Carano. Girl super-spy kicks and shoots her way out of trouble.
Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Guy tries to drown his issues with anonymous sex.
The Sun Came Out: the making of the album 7 Worlds Collide starring Neil Finn, other musicians. Guys from Radiohead, guys from Wilco, Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Bic Runga, KT Tunstall and others make an album. I've been listening to this in the background and it is interesting. The double album is available for checkout.
Exhale: core fusion 30 day sculpt. Weekly workouts.
Ike: countdown to D-Day starring Tom Selleck. Mustache-free Selleck shaves in a bald spot to convince the Limeys, Frogs and Yanks to work together.
Birdsong starring [British and French actors]. Young Englishman falls for a married woman before World War One. She leaves him and he joins the Army when the war begins. The book was pretty decent.
Heaven is Waiting starring [actors I never heard of]. Widower who has not dated since his wife's death is very uncomfortable with his grown daughter's boyfriend.
War Horse starring [CGI Death and Destruction]. Guy really loves his horse.
The Vow starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum. Wife wakes with coma forgetting last five years of life. Wife starts to listen to parents and see a past fiancee. Husband woos her back.
We Bought A Zoo starring Jason Bourne, That Guy From Wings. They bought a zoo.
Haywire starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bill Paxton, Gina Carano. Girl super-spy kicks and shoots her way out of trouble.
Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Guy tries to drown his issues with anonymous sex.
The Sun Came Out: the making of the album 7 Worlds Collide starring Neil Finn, other musicians. Guys from Radiohead, guys from Wilco, Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Bic Runga, KT Tunstall and others make an album. I've been listening to this in the background and it is interesting. The double album is available for checkout.
Knitwear for Badger Tailgaters in Love
NonFiction
Sasha Kagan's Classic Collection by Sasha Kagan. Knitting patterns. I like these books because I always check out the models.
Here's Johnny: my memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 years of friendship by Ed McMahon. Memoir by sidekick. What will Andy Richter write in a few years?
For Packers Fans Only!: wonderful stories from great fans celebrating America's team by Rich Wolfe. A local Rotary Club member lived in Green Bay in the '60s and got to know several players.
Tailgating Cookbook: recipes for the big game by Bob Sloan. Page 170 says, "When you want to serve meat and don't feel like dealing with the grill, this is the way to go."
Five Love Languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate by Gary Chapman. Page 123 says, "They began dating in their senior year at high school."
Chicken Encyclopedia: an illustrated reference by Gail Damerow. Page 203 says, "Persian Rumpless \ See: Manx Rumpy."
Fiction
Hard Country by Michael McGarrity. "A novel of the old west." New Mexico territory. McGarrity's mystery series featuring a modern day New Mexico policeman is pretty good.
Bascom's Trump by Douglas Bradt. Anthony wants to avoid the draft in 1969 so he tries out for the Badger's football team.
Sasha Kagan's Classic Collection by Sasha Kagan. Knitting patterns. I like these books because I always check out the models.
Here's Johnny: my memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 years of friendship by Ed McMahon. Memoir by sidekick. What will Andy Richter write in a few years?
For Packers Fans Only!: wonderful stories from great fans celebrating America's team by Rich Wolfe. A local Rotary Club member lived in Green Bay in the '60s and got to know several players.
Tailgating Cookbook: recipes for the big game by Bob Sloan. Page 170 says, "When you want to serve meat and don't feel like dealing with the grill, this is the way to go."
Five Love Languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate by Gary Chapman. Page 123 says, "They began dating in their senior year at high school."
Chicken Encyclopedia: an illustrated reference by Gail Damerow. Page 203 says, "Persian Rumpless \ See: Manx Rumpy."
Fiction
Hard Country by Michael McGarrity. "A novel of the old west." New Mexico territory. McGarrity's mystery series featuring a modern day New Mexico policeman is pretty good.
Bascom's Trump by Douglas Bradt. Anthony wants to avoid the draft in 1969 so he tries out for the Badger's football team.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mega Manga Chain Restaurants
NonFiction
Mega Manga: the complete reference to drawing manga by Keith Sparrow. 288 pages worth of an animation style I do not understand. I booked an artist to do a manga workshop for teens this June 20th.
Good, Better, Best Dining Out: a no-nonsense guide to America's chain restaurants by Josh Dinar. Categories include best skillets, best seafood, crab cakes, wine lists.
Mega Manga: the complete reference to drawing manga by Keith Sparrow. 288 pages worth of an animation style I do not understand. I booked an artist to do a manga workshop for teens this June 20th.
Good, Better, Best Dining Out: a no-nonsense guide to America's chain restaurants by Josh Dinar. Categories include best skillets, best seafood, crab cakes, wine lists.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Happy Days Hearing A Cold Blue Sea, Second Edition
NonFiction
Handy Religion Answer Books, Second Edition by John Renard, Ph.D. What is a Sufi? What is a sacrament? Are there contemporary remnants of CIT? What is sectarian Shinto? WHy did Lutheran Brotherhood change their name? How many students attend daily chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College? (just kidding on those last two)
Large Print
Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Lawyer goes missing without a clue. Wife and daughter find years old love letter from Burmese woman. Daughter searches.
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers. The cover says: Western set on the Atlantic shoreline. The back cover says: Young in girl in Maine and her lobsterman father have to recover after her mom disappears. Lobsterman means fisherman not a half-man half-lobster.
Audio on CD
My Happy Days in Hollywood: a memoir by Garry Marshall. Dick van Dyke Show, Odd Couple, happy days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries.
Handy Religion Answer Books, Second Edition by John Renard, Ph.D. What is a Sufi? What is a sacrament? Are there contemporary remnants of CIT? What is sectarian Shinto? WHy did Lutheran Brotherhood change their name? How many students attend daily chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College? (just kidding on those last two)
Large Print
Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Lawyer goes missing without a clue. Wife and daughter find years old love letter from Burmese woman. Daughter searches.
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers. The cover says: Western set on the Atlantic shoreline. The back cover says: Young in girl in Maine and her lobsterman father have to recover after her mom disappears. Lobsterman means fisherman not a half-man half-lobster.
Audio on CD
My Happy Days in Hollywood: a memoir by Garry Marshall. Dick van Dyke Show, Odd Couple, happy days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries.
Batman Sells Crocheted Arrows to Cornbread Stooges
NonFiction
Selling All-in-one for Dummies by Tom Hopkins, et al. I do not get many opportunities to et al anyone. This is seven sales manuals bound in one volume.
Cornbread Mafia by James Higdon. True crime tale of "a homegrown syndicate's code of silence and the biggest marijuana bust in American history". Kentucky moonshiners diversify in the '70s and '80s.
Tunnel Rats in Vietnam by Gordon L Rottman, illustrated by Brian Delf. Lucky to be alive and lucky to have any hearing if they fired their pistols in those narrow tunnels.
Batman: the return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison. Batman has to travel through time fighting evil in different eras.
Batman: time and the batman by Grant Morrison. Oh, man, I hope this isn't the same thing as the previous one. Good, similar stories and not a different print format.
Teeny Tiny Crochet: 35 adorably small projects by Catherine Hirst. This is of teeny, tiny interest to me personally.
U.S. Navy SEALs by Hans Halberstadt. Lots of photos of grimacing guys with guns.
Three Stooges Scrapbook: updated edition by Jeff Lenburg et al. Hah! I et al'ed again.
Sinful Smoothies: delicious drinks for everyday indulgence by Ryland Peters and Small.
Green Arrow: salvation by J.T. Krul et al. Hah! Again! Arrow and Sir Gallahad fight a demon.
DNA and Social Networking: a guide to genealogy in the twenty-first century by Debbie Kennett.
Selling All-in-one for Dummies by Tom Hopkins, et al. I do not get many opportunities to et al anyone. This is seven sales manuals bound in one volume.
Cornbread Mafia by James Higdon. True crime tale of "a homegrown syndicate's code of silence and the biggest marijuana bust in American history". Kentucky moonshiners diversify in the '70s and '80s.
Tunnel Rats in Vietnam by Gordon L Rottman, illustrated by Brian Delf. Lucky to be alive and lucky to have any hearing if they fired their pistols in those narrow tunnels.
Batman: the return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison. Batman has to travel through time fighting evil in different eras.
Batman: time and the batman by Grant Morrison. Oh, man, I hope this isn't the same thing as the previous one. Good, similar stories and not a different print format.
Teeny Tiny Crochet: 35 adorably small projects by Catherine Hirst. This is of teeny, tiny interest to me personally.
U.S. Navy SEALs by Hans Halberstadt. Lots of photos of grimacing guys with guns.
Three Stooges Scrapbook: updated edition by Jeff Lenburg et al. Hah! I et al'ed again.
Sinful Smoothies: delicious drinks for everyday indulgence by Ryland Peters and Small.
Green Arrow: salvation by J.T. Krul et al. Hah! Again! Arrow and Sir Gallahad fight a demon.
DNA and Social Networking: a guide to genealogy in the twenty-first century by Debbie Kennett.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Six Novels
Fiction
Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller. High School journalist is out to reveal a secret society intent on vigilante justice that is "exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction."
All Woman and Springtime by Brandon W. Jones. A mathematical genius and her best friend are snuck out of North Korea into sexual slavery in the South and then the United States. Well, that sounds uplifting. [Bill Crider says: We former English teachers recommend a six-year sentence in Folsom for people who use the word snuck unless those people are Dizzy Dean.]
Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Archer's bio mentions his Oxford education, his five years in the House of Commons, and his twenty years and the House of Lords. Archer's bio does not mention he served two years of a four year prison term for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Home by Toni Morrison. Korean War vet returns home and rescues "his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life."
Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark. Los Angeles prosecutor takes dead end case of murdered homeless man. Homeless man had conneciton to the ax murder of a LAPD policeman from two years earlier. Sleuthing begins.
11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The Patter Factory production line is on schedule.
Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Archer's bio mentions his Oxford education, his five years in the House of Commons, and his twenty years and the House of Lords. Archer's bio does not mention he served two years of a four year prison term for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Home by Toni Morrison. Korean War vet returns home and rescues "his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life."
Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark. Los Angeles prosecutor takes dead end case of murdered homeless man. Homeless man had conneciton to the ax murder of a LAPD policeman from two years earlier. Sleuthing begins.
11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The Patter Factory production line is on schedule.
Reloading Mended Pencil Jewelry
NonFiction
Reloading for Handgunners by Patrick Sweeney. Page 115 says, "Uniformly-seated primers are an important part of accurate ammunition."
Mend it Better: creative patching, darning, and stitching and Kristin M. Roach. Page 82 says, "It was perfect with sweaters, tights, cute jackets, woven scarves, and all that other glorious winter attire."
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene. Page 108 says, "Layer Light Umber."
The Bead Jewelry Bible by Dorothy Wood. Page 49 says, "Tie the ends together, working two reef knots one after the others (see Tying Knots)."
Service: a Navy SEAL at war by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer. Page 89 says, "Finally, we reached our destination - an abandoned four-story building situated on a circular chain of streets that everybody called the Racetrack."
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro. Page 451 says, "It went against his nature - against his desire, his need, for control, and for the secrecy which is a form of control - control and secrecy that he would have had had he insisted that the investigation into the assassination be made by a Texas court of inquiry that was under his thumb and by an FBI headed by a longtime ally."
Reloading for Handgunners by Patrick Sweeney. Page 115 says, "Uniformly-seated primers are an important part of accurate ammunition."
Mend it Better: creative patching, darning, and stitching and Kristin M. Roach. Page 82 says, "It was perfect with sweaters, tights, cute jackets, woven scarves, and all that other glorious winter attire."
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene. Page 108 says, "Layer Light Umber."
The Bead Jewelry Bible by Dorothy Wood. Page 49 says, "Tie the ends together, working two reef knots one after the others (see Tying Knots)."
Service: a Navy SEAL at war by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer. Page 89 says, "Finally, we reached our destination - an abandoned four-story building situated on a circular chain of streets that everybody called the Racetrack."
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro. Page 451 says, "It went against his nature - against his desire, his need, for control, and for the secrecy which is a form of control - control and secrecy that he would have had had he insisted that the investigation into the assassination be made by a Texas court of inquiry that was under his thumb and by an FBI headed by a longtime ally."
Friday, May 04, 2012
Non Fiction Invasion of Food and Crafts
Food
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking by Kimberly Mayone and Kitty Broihier. 140 recipes. I still have no idea what gluten is.
Brewer's Apprentice by Greg Koch and Matt Allyn. I'm not sure how many home brewers are in town or how many of them like brewing books, but the photos are fantastic. Includes interviews and information from several master brewers.
Light and Healthy Cooking: 250 delicious, satisfying, guilt-free recipes edited by Rosemary Ellis. From Good Housekeeping.
Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester.
French Classics Made Easy by Richard Grausman. 250 recipes. "Ten-minute souffle, a contemporary Bouillabaisse, a lighter, quicker cassoulet".
Crafts
Threads Sewing Guide: a complete reference form America's best-loved sewing magazine edited by Carol Fresia. Page 97 says "Frequently, a top, blouse, or jacket includes sufficient ease for the bust, but it still isn't flattering."
Painting Vibrant Watercolors: discover the magic of light, color and contrast by Soon Y. Warren. Page 106 says "Reference Photo."
The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Aime Poulin. Page 133 says "A landscape perspective is a matter of point of view."
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts: 10 stunning sampler quilts to make from over 50 patchwork blocks by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Page 23 says "Take two colour B 2 1/2in squares and a colour A 2 1/2in x 8 1/2in rectangle and using the same technique make four of these units."
Tailoring: the classic guide to sewing the perfect jacket by the editors of Creative Publishing International. Page 71 says "Allow to dry overnight to set lapel."
Lovely Knits for Little Girls: 20 just-right patterns, just for girls by Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard. Page 23 says "Cut star shape and attach to dog's tail with duct tape." [Just kidding.]
Other
The Complete Credit Repair Kit: a plain English guide to improving your credit score and fixing your credit by Brette McWhorter Sember, JD.
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking by Kimberly Mayone and Kitty Broihier. 140 recipes. I still have no idea what gluten is.
Brewer's Apprentice by Greg Koch and Matt Allyn. I'm not sure how many home brewers are in town or how many of them like brewing books, but the photos are fantastic. Includes interviews and information from several master brewers.
Light and Healthy Cooking: 250 delicious, satisfying, guilt-free recipes edited by Rosemary Ellis. From Good Housekeeping.
Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester.
French Classics Made Easy by Richard Grausman. 250 recipes. "Ten-minute souffle, a contemporary Bouillabaisse, a lighter, quicker cassoulet".
Crafts
Threads Sewing Guide: a complete reference form America's best-loved sewing magazine edited by Carol Fresia. Page 97 says "Frequently, a top, blouse, or jacket includes sufficient ease for the bust, but it still isn't flattering."
Painting Vibrant Watercolors: discover the magic of light, color and contrast by Soon Y. Warren. Page 106 says "Reference Photo."
The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Aime Poulin. Page 133 says "A landscape perspective is a matter of point of view."
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts: 10 stunning sampler quilts to make from over 50 patchwork blocks by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Page 23 says "Take two colour B 2 1/2in squares and a colour A 2 1/2in x 8 1/2in rectangle and using the same technique make four of these units."
Tailoring: the classic guide to sewing the perfect jacket by the editors of Creative Publishing International. Page 71 says "Allow to dry overnight to set lapel."
Lovely Knits for Little Girls: 20 just-right patterns, just for girls by Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard. Page 23 says "Cut star shape and attach to dog's tail with duct tape." [Just kidding.]
Other
The Complete Credit Repair Kit: a plain English guide to improving your credit score and fixing your credit by Brette McWhorter Sember, JD.
All Girls (Except for one guy)
Fiction
Grey Expectations by Clea Simon. A cat mystery.
The Proposal by Mary Balogh. Scoeity widow falls for a Lord who used to be a farmer.
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse helps solve a murder before the Vampire King comes to town. What?
Dead Level by Sarah Graves. Home Repair is Homicide series. I just checked the circ's and this series has been quite popular here.
Breaking News by Fern Michaels. I read the description and it made no sense to me. Something about Charleston, SC and Toots, who has 8 ex-husbands, and her friends planning a wedding and selling cosmetics.
One Guy
Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney. Delaney Ireland novels keep getting shorter. 2005's Ireland ran 559 pages. This book is 385 pages.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Two Plus A Wisecrack
Fiction
Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. Bill Crider had a link to a ranking of all of King's novels. I did not read the rankings but was surprised that King has published 62 novels. I thought King put out many more than that.
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. "A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel:
Wisecrack
Cheerleading Professionals by Sara Green. Junior nonfic on cheerleaders. I wonder if Megan Abbott bought this yet.
Wisecrack Explanation
Abbott's forthcoming novel is about a high school cheer team and their coach. Abbott - who I sort of follow online - constantly posts cheerleading commentary.
Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. Bill Crider had a link to a ranking of all of King's novels. I did not read the rankings but was surprised that King has published 62 novels. I thought King put out many more than that.
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. "A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel:
Wisecrack
Cheerleading Professionals by Sara Green. Junior nonfic on cheerleaders. I wonder if Megan Abbott bought this yet.
Wisecrack Explanation
Abbott's forthcoming novel is about a high school cheer team and their coach. Abbott - who I sort of follow online - constantly posts cheerleading commentary.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Nothing New, Here is a Fashion Show
Fashion New
Dunedin Public had a second fashion show this year. Here is the short version:
Here is the long version:
Dunedin, is that you in the black and white striped top?
Dunedin Public had a second fashion show this year. Here is the short version:
Here is the long version:
Dunedin, is that you in the black and white striped top?
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Fargo 50 Fundraising Project
Fargo 50k Fundraising Project
The Library has planning an interior renovation for two years. We are 80% of the way to our fundraising goal of $250,000. This week we launched our 50k Fundraising Project. We hope to raise the last $50,000 and start the project this autumn.Tax deductible donations can be made through the Lake Mills Community Foundation at PO Box 33, Lake Mills, WI, 53551. For more information on the project contact Gerard Saylor, Library Director at 920-648-166 or lmdir@mwfls.org
Ho-Hum
Large Print
Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry. Death.Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark. More death.
Come Home by Lisa Cottoline. Cover cliches.
Stay Close by Harlan Coben. No tennis.
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Return of A. Lee Martinez
Fiction
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez. Another funny sci-fi novel from Martinez. He writes fun stuff. Try it out.
The Witness by Nora Roberts. Heck if I know. Romance? Romantic murder?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. Cover image implies a sniper and his daughter on the run in Washington D.C. Flyleaf says: government hit man refuses a job and goes on run. Government Hit Man meets 14 year old orphan whose parents were murdered. Government Hit Man assists girl.
Devil's Bones by Larry D. Sweazy. What's the deal with this guy? I see Sweazy's name around. Oh yeah, I saw a catalog promo and then Bill Crider plugged it. Crider says, "The Devil's Bones is a tightly written thriller that gets the job done."
Death at the Wedding Feast by Deryn Lake. Historical mystery in England.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. "A Stone Barrington" novel.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Cover image has model who looks like Jennifer Garner and is pointing a SIG at the reader. Well, it looks like a SIG anyway.
Counseling DVDs
Stop Bullying: standing up for yourself and others presented by Mark Brown. Advice to kids on how to react and do when bullied.
Bullying: what every adult needs to know presented by Mark Brown. Advice to parents about kid bullying.
Journey Through the Shadows: hope for healing after someone you love has died by suicide featuring Iris M. Bolton and Stephenie Weber.
Helping Parents Grieve: finding new life after the death of a child with Kris Ford and Paula D'Arcy.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez. Another funny sci-fi novel from Martinez. He writes fun stuff. Try it out.
The Witness by Nora Roberts. Heck if I know. Romance? Romantic murder?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. Cover image implies a sniper and his daughter on the run in Washington D.C. Flyleaf says: government hit man refuses a job and goes on run. Government Hit Man meets 14 year old orphan whose parents were murdered. Government Hit Man assists girl.
Devil's Bones by Larry D. Sweazy. What's the deal with this guy? I see Sweazy's name around. Oh yeah, I saw a catalog promo and then Bill Crider plugged it. Crider says, "The Devil's Bones is a tightly written thriller that gets the job done."
Death at the Wedding Feast by Deryn Lake. Historical mystery in England.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. "A Stone Barrington" novel.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Cover image has model who looks like Jennifer Garner and is pointing a SIG at the reader. Well, it looks like a SIG anyway.
Counseling DVDs
Stop Bullying: standing up for yourself and others presented by Mark Brown. Advice to kids on how to react and do when bullied.
Bullying: what every adult needs to know presented by Mark Brown. Advice to parents about kid bullying.
Journey Through the Shadows: hope for healing after someone you love has died by suicide featuring Iris M. Bolton and Stephenie Weber.
Helping Parents Grieve: finding new life after the death of a child with Kris Ford and Paula D'Arcy.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
More Mark Kraushaar Poetry
NonFiction
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. See? It's on the shelf, Kraushaar.
I did a What to Read video with Kraushaar a couple years ago but the following video is more recent. Kraushaar was invited to do a reading in New York but I see no video of that.
Canada by Eyewitness Travel, Rebecca Miles, Managing Editor. Travel guide. Starting East and moving West. Many pretty pictures and graphics.
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. See? It's on the shelf, Kraushaar.
I did a What to Read video with Kraushaar a couple years ago but the following video is more recent. Kraushaar was invited to do a reading in New York but I see no video of that.
Canada by Eyewitness Travel, Rebecca Miles, Managing Editor. Travel guide. Starting East and moving West. Many pretty pictures and graphics.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
50 Shades of Driven Schmoozing
Fiction
Driven by James Sallis. Sallis's Drive was the basis of the recent flick. This follows the same character, Driver, as he is on the run from mob killers. Should be pretty good, Tom Piccirilli liked it.
Fifth Victim by Zoe Sharp. Next in the thriller series following female bodyguard Charlie Fox. Fox is hired to protect a banker's daughter on Long Island. "Electrifying tale of cross and double-cross." Sharp was at Bouchercon in 2011. I think I mentioned that before. I did not speak to Sharp but she was at the shooting simulator that I hung out at for a while.
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. Big deal novel because of the sex content. You're an adult, read it if you like.
Shear Murder by Nancy J. Cohen. Previous novels in this series, A Bad Hair Day, have circ'ed really well. South Florida hairstylist is planning her own wedding when, as a maid of honor at a pal's wedding, someone dies. From a knife. In the chest.
NonFiction
Golden Rule of Schmoozing: the authentic practice of treating others well by Aye Jaye. This most be a donation.
Large Print
Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith. More mystery in Botswana.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Cover Image Trends
Large Print
Peoples Backs
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett.
An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer.
Dressmaker by Kate Alcott.
Water Scenes
The Odds: a love story by Stewart O'Nan.
Outdoor Scene With Wolf
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult.
Mystery Figure or Face in the Background or Blurred
Before She Dies by Mary Burton
Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis.
Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White.
Miscellaneous
Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope.
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison.
Peoples Backs
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett.
An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer.
Dressmaker by Kate Alcott.
Water Scenes
The Odds: a love story by Stewart O'Nan.
Outdoor Scene With Wolf
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult.
Mystery Figure or Face in the Background or Blurred
Before She Dies by Mary Burton
Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis.
Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White.
Miscellaneous
Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope.
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison.
Another Baseball Novel, Another Joe Ledger Thriller
NonFiction
Heaven on Earth: a journey through Shari'a Law from the deserters of ancient Arabia to the street of the modern Muslim world by Sadakat Kadri. A bunch of notes, a bibliography, and an index but no photos. "Kadri realized that many people in the West harbored ideas about Islamic law that were hazy or simply wrong."
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. I already purchased a copy of this but his father donated this second copy a few days ago. Liebenow had a nice write-up in the Madison paper.
Fiction
Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. Super agent Joe Ledger rescues some hostage students in Iran. The Iranians ask his team to recover six stolen nuclear warheads buried in oil fields. Ledger and his team fight genetically engineered bad guys.
Calico Joe by John Grisham. Rookie phenomenon for the Chicago Cubs is cheered on by the son of an opposing pitcher.
Cloudland by Joseph Olshan. Serial killer in northern Vermont seems to be working off an unfinished manuscript stolen from the library of a local reporter.
Come Home by Lisa Scottoline. Meh. People will read this no matter what.
The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis. Amish dude falls for non-Amish gal. Fiddling involved
Heaven on Earth: a journey through Shari'a Law from the deserters of ancient Arabia to the street of the modern Muslim world by Sadakat Kadri. A bunch of notes, a bibliography, and an index but no photos. "Kadri realized that many people in the West harbored ideas about Islamic law that were hazy or simply wrong."
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. I already purchased a copy of this but his father donated this second copy a few days ago. Liebenow had a nice write-up in the Madison paper.
Fiction
Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. Super agent Joe Ledger rescues some hostage students in Iran. The Iranians ask his team to recover six stolen nuclear warheads buried in oil fields. Ledger and his team fight genetically engineered bad guys.
Calico Joe by John Grisham. Rookie phenomenon for the Chicago Cubs is cheered on by the son of an opposing pitcher.
Cloudland by Joseph Olshan. Serial killer in northern Vermont seems to be working off an unfinished manuscript stolen from the library of a local reporter.
Come Home by Lisa Scottoline. Meh. People will read this no matter what.
The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis. Amish dude falls for non-Amish gal. Fiddling involved
Monday, April 09, 2012
One DVD/Blu-Ray Set
DVD
The Descendants starring Mr. Hollywood, Beau Bridges. On both Blu-Ray and DVD discs. Widower finds out his dead wife was cheating on him. I just heard that Blu-Ray was chosen as a name because Blue Ray was too common to be trademarked.
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